Initial Reopening Plan

Phase 1 of allowing the reopening of certain businesses began on May 18, 2020. Non-essential businesses can open with stringent capacity and safety rules in place.

While designated businesses will be permitted to open, they are not required to open. Furthermore, if current conditions change, this date may be moved out. Once we move into the Yellow flag phase, if we experience a surge in cases, we may be required to return to the Orange flag phase. Should this happen, we will communicate this to the community with adequate time to prepare prior to the effective date.

Points in bold MUST be followed; other recommendations are strongly suggested.

Color Identification System

The color flag identification system below will be used to communicate each day where we are on the continuum of the New Normal. Depending upon the situation, we may take intermediate steps between these phases, but knowing what color phase we are in will help you navigate your activities.

RED: Most stringent closures; only essential businesses open; social distancing and facial covering requirements in place

ORANGE: Parks and open spaces open; preparations taking place to reopen other sectors with strict capacity requirements in place; social distancing and facial covering requirements in place

YELLOW: Limited opening of non-essential businesses and other facilities; strict capacity requirements in place; social distancing and facial covering requirements in place

GREEN: More expansive opening of businesses and facilities; capacity requirements expanded; social distancing and facial covering requirements in place

BLUE: New Normal is in place; all businesses and facilities open; social distancing and facial coverings encouraged

Personal Protective Equipment

Miami-Dade County will make every effort to ensure personal protective equipment (PPE) is available for purchase by businesses and commercial establishments who cannot access supplies. This does not include establishments included in Emergency Order 03-20, other than restaurants, Emergency Order 09-20 and Emergency Order 15-20. Decisions will be made in the coming weeks regarding moving to the next phases of re-opening and communicated with adequate time to prepare.

General Guidelines

Emergency Order 20-20 was originally implemented at 11:59 p.m. on April 9, 2020. This Emergency Order is the guiding order for all residents and businesses and promulgates requirements that are in place regardless of where you visit.

People must follow the social distancing and facial covering and personal protection equipment (PPE) guidelines as defined by our Emergency Orders, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and consistent with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other regulatory guidelines:

Gatherings of fewer than 10 people

Six foot distance between people

Wear facial coverings

Wash hands and/or use hand sanitizer often

Facilities must implement certain procedures:

Enhanced sanitizing of all common areas and frequent touch points

Placement of trash containers for face masks and other PPE near exits and entrances and other common areas

Comprehensive cleaning of facilities must be performed each night and include thoroughly disinfecting all frequent touch points and emptying all trash receptacles using solid waste bags that are double-bagged and securely sealed

Posting CDC signage in publicly-trafficked locations emphasizing measures to "Stop the Spread of Germs" and to exercise social responsibility

Upgrading or installing ventilation per OSHA guidance

Designating quarantine rooms for infected individuals and deep clean after use

Installing hand sanitizer at entry points and through site

Training all personnel in new operating protocols and modifications to existing codes of conduct to deal with COVID-19 issues

Businesses and workplaces must implement certain procedures:

Designing work group shifts to minimize contacts between employees and ensure easier tracking and tracing, as possible, and implement staggered breaks to reduce large group gatherings

Avoiding meetings of more than five participants and encouraging virtual meetings

Reducing seating in breakrooms and common areas to ensure minimum six feet of physical distance

Posting a contact email address and/or telephone number for employees / customers to contact if they have questions or concerns

Any establishment that has an on-site employee or contractor who tests positive shall close for the shorter of:

the time needed for all staff to be tested and the establishment to be deep-sanitized; or

14 days from the date such employee or contractor was last onsite at such establishment.

Where an establishment has multiple floors or structures, only those structures or floors where the infected person was present are required to be sanitized as a condition of re-opening, and only those employees working in such structures or on such floors must be tested.

General Reopening Guidelines

Facial coverings must be worn inside businesses and commercial establishments or wherever social distancing is not possible

Mandatory 14-day quarantine for all at-risk employees

Provide or coordinate safe transportation to work allowing for social distancing

Post a contact email address and/or telephone number for employees /customers to contact if they have questions or concerns

Any establishment that has an on-site employee or contractor who tests positive shall close for the shorter of:

the time needed for staff who were in contact with the positive employee or contractor to be tested and cleared by a medical professional as being COVID-19 free and the establishment to be deep-santized;

14 days from the date such employee or contractor was last on-site at such establishment, if deep-santization is not performed.

An establishment shall be deemed to have complied with the above if, after deepsantizing, employees who were in contact with the positive employee or contractor do not report to work for 14 days after the date the positive employee or contractor was last on-site

Where an establishment has multiple floors or structures or square footage of more than 10,000 feet, only those structures, floors or areas where the infected person was present are required to be sanitized as a condition of reopening, and only those employees working in such structures, floors or areas must be tested. All employees who came into personal contact with the positive employee must be tested or, in the absence of a test, be excluded from the premises for 14 days after the date the positive employee was last onsite.

Under no circumstances shall an employee or contract who tested positive report to work at an establishment until that employee is cleared by a medical professional as being COVID-19 free.

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